Show now planning a substitute for beef URN T restrictive 15 laae 0 M A ea ea rand und elk preserves may play an D DEER import important tint part in reducing the high cost of beef according to government erni nent experts who have made an investigation of tho the cost and methods of raising venison declare that the game laws of the various states are preventing deer and elk farming and denying the country one of its chief of cheap and good meat deer and elk can be raided readily in nearly every state in the union they are easily controlled and cheaply fed T the lie increase of elk under tinder domestication Is fully equal to that of cattia caltia the state and the through its yellowstone park officials have operated cooperated co with individual ran ranchman ranchmen ranch climen men in caring for the vast herds of elk in the jacksons holo region in wyoming it is estimated that there are elk in the yellowstone park region constituting the only great herd left for two or three winters these elk have been fed and have now come to look upon the feeding as a matter of course and state game warden nowlin of wyoming who has led the feeding experiments says that the last of the great elk herus heras is be coming coining rapidly domesticated several ran ranchman ranchmen ranch climen men in the rocky mountain country have conducted private elk preserves for years outside of the private elk preserves pres arves there are few herds left in the west in nearly every state in the union the killing of deer is forbidden excepting in the fall and during ft a lim cited period if deer and elk are to be raised for the market the venison farmer must he allowed to kill hill for the market whenever be never the demand Is there |